Finland vs Spain: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index

Finland

1.28 live births per woman

in 2023

Spain

1.21 live births per woman

in 2023

Finland rank

211th

Spain rank

214th

Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index over time

Finland
Spain

How they compare

Finland currently reports 1.28 live births per woman against 1.21 live births per woman in Spain, a difference of 0.067 live births per woman.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Finland ahead.

Globally, Finland ranks 211th and Spain ranks 214th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index
Unit: live births per woman
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.